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October 31, 2016

Altinbilek is one of the
leading companies in Turkey for the manufacture of high-capacity chain conveyors,
belt conveyors, bucket elevators, screw conveyors and a whole range of steel
silo components and accessories.

Ever
expanding, Altinbilek now have a plant with an outdoor area of 22,000m2 and an indoor
area of 12,000m2 in the Eskisehir Organised Industrial Zone.

The
Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) is now accepting applications for
the 2017 Safety Awards Program.

For many years the program has recognised facilities that go an entire year
without a work-related lost-time injury or illness. Those facilities will still
be recognised, and the program is expanding with a new tier for facilities that
have zero recordable work related injuries or illnesses.

Facilities that successfully complete the program are rewarded with a plaque,
and are recognised at the Exchange, on the GEAPS website and in GEAPS’ monthly
newsletter. Barb Kraft, Landus Cooperative, GEAPS first vice president, will
preside over the Safety Awards at GEAPS Exchange 2017.

“Safety is one of the most important topics in our industry,” Kraft said. “It’s
important to share our successes with our peers. With the new tier, we are
excited to recognise facilities that set an even higher bar for safety.”

Applications are available on GEAPS Safety Awards website, and must be
completed and submitted to GEAPS by Tuesday, January 10, 2017. Facilities must
then go all of 2017 without a work-related lost-time injury or illness, and
submit their 2017 OSHA 300A form, along with the total number of personnel
hours worked at the facility during the calendar year.

For facilities outside the US, a separate form is available, or a signed letter
on company letterhead stating that there were no lost-time injuries or
illnesses and reporting the total personnel-hours worked will be accepted.

Please contact Deb Most with GEAPS for more information.

The program is open to grain storage and grain processing facilities, as well
as suppliers and millwrights.

The enrollment fee is $95 for facilities that employ a GEAPS member, and $140
for non-member facilities. Only one facility discount is allowed per member.

Results of the program are announced each year at the Exchange.

2017 Safety Award winners will be recognised at Exchange 2018 in Denver,
Colorado, and 2016 program winners will be announced at Exchange 2017 in Kansas
City, Missouri.

Ian
Roberts, Chief Technology Officer of Bühler, has been awarded European CTO of
the Year 2016 in large companies’ category.

The award is honoring Bühler for its excellence in technology and innovation
leadership, as well as top-management’s commitment to advance sustainable
development.

The “CTO of the Year” award is a platform to promote the importance of
technology and innovation in Europe. It is given to the most prominent
technology leaders of highly successful European companies: inspiring leaders
and foresighted technology managers.

Ian Roberts

Previous winners include Martin Curley from the Intel Corporation, Marcel
Wubbolts from Royal DSM, Richard Parker from Rolls-Royce, and Gert-Jan Gruter
from Avantium, among others. At the award ceremony, Ian Roberts said: “This
award reflects the hard work of the Bühler employees, the vision and commitment
to innovation and sustainability of the leadership team and their audacity to
drive change in an already successful company. With these initiatives, we are
able to create a culture of innovation and entrepreneurship across the
company.”

Ian Roberts is known as an ambassador for innovation and technology. Bühler's
innovation challenge, driven by Ian Roberts, has become an example for
companies that aim at transforming their company culture, building
organisational innovation capability, and leveraging partnerships with
customers, suppliers, and universities. Likewise, Ian Roberts has been the
architect for the launch of Mass Challenge Switzerland, contributing to the
vibrant start-up scene in Europe.

Innovation plays a key role in Bühler’s strategy. Every year, the company
invests up to 5 percent of its turnover in research and development. The latest
innovations, unveiled at the Bühler Networking Days, include the CombiMill
process with increased flexibility for millers, the new generation of
high-precision scale Tubex with energy savings of over 90 percent, the
energy-efficient pasta drying with Ecothermatic, as well as the Novablue
solution for increased food safety.

Ian Roberts joined Bühler in 2010. He is a member of the Bühler Group Executive
Board. He graduated in chemical engineering and obtained a PhD in process
engineering from the University of Wales, Great Britain.

He held various management positions at Nestlé, acting as Director of
innovation for Nestlé Mexico and as Director of the chocolate centre of
excellence in Switzerland.

The
VIETSTOCK 2016 Expo & Forum breaks another record with a registered 10,518
attendees coming from 39 different countries.

With this result, the show has
grown 23 percent bigger than the previous edition, officially making this
year’s show the biggest international feed, livestock & meat industry trade
show in Vietnam.
Visitor's Quotes
- “I attended the exhibition today to source for suppliers in feed additives.
After participating, I feel very satisfied because there are many brands for me
to select.”

- “In the future, I hope that the show could be expanded bigger especially for
the aquaculture sectors. I attended VIETSTOCK 2016 Expo and Forum through the
Group Delegation Programs. I came to the show this year to find new livestock products,
technologies and suppliers.”

- “I think the show performed very well because I have met many livestock stake
holders from over the world. This is also good for the consumers like me when
looking for products and equipment for my farm.”

More than 300 international and local exhibitors showcased the latest products
and services in farm equipment, animal nutrition, veterinary, animal health,
meat processing, feed manufacturing and other related products for livestock
industries.

The Business Matching Program has successfully connected industry players which
resulted to numerous trade agreements as well creating a wide business network
reach within major stakeholders.

Most of the participants agree that VIETSTOCK 2016 is the most successful
version that they have ever attended among trade exhibitions in livestock
industry in Vietnam.

The exhibitors also expressed their appreciation about VIETSTOCK 2016: Nabel is
a Japanese company specialising on Egg grading and Packaging system.

“We are establishing to serve South East Asia, including Vietnam. We come to
the show this year to introduce our products and technologies to the Vietnam
egg market. We really want to see the hygiene and high quality eggs are
produced by our equipment in the Vietnam market. I feel very happy after 3 days
show because I’ve been able to meet many new customers, friends and business
partners. By this way, we can learn more about the industry information, and
more importantly, we can enhance our relationship with all of them. We are specialising
in providing the closed house system as well as equipment for swine and
poultry. Come to the show this year, we would like to introduce our isolation
technologies to the Vietnam market which will help control the temperature in
order to make our client to have more production. I would like to thank
VIETSTOCK's organiser for providing such a great show and we definitely will
come back in 2018.”

“Nutriad is a Belgium company which
establishes 50 years ago. We specialise in nutritional feed additive. This is
the third time we attended VIETSTOCK. I think VIETSTOCK 2016 is the largest
show with many improvements compare with the last two shows. Vietnam is our
important market and our profit is very good for the last ten years. We met at
least 80 percent of our largest top ten customers at the show. I think the
quality of the show is good and we benefit a lot in the VIETSTOCK 2016.”

Technical seminar and conference program
Aquaculture Vietnam Conference 2016 With the theme “Sustainable Aquaculture in
Practice”, the 1st Aquaculture Vietnam Conference were attended by more than
450 delegates where a series of pertinent and timely issues on aquaculture,
fishery and other related topics were led by 10 international and local
experts.

Supported by Directorate of Fishery (MARD), the Vietnam Fisheries Society
(VINAFIS), the International Collaboration Center for Aquaculture and Fisheries
Sustainability (ICAFIS),the International Aqua Feed and Aquaculture Without
Frontier, the conference served as an international platform in providing
practical knowledge and skills regarding the aquaculture, fishery and seafood
sectors.

Technical Seminar Programs The three-day event also featured an interesting run
of conferences and seminars which were held in three seminar rooms that
featured more than 40 significant topics where all discussions—spearheaded by
key government experts and renowned industry specialists—provided the latest
information and knowledge on livestock, meat and feed.

“On behalf of UBM Asia, organisers, we thank you for your untiring support in
creating another successful VIETSTOCK show. And we hope you join us once more
at VIETSTOCK 2018 Expo & Forum!” Ms. Rungphech Chitanuwat Business Director
UBM Asia

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